I bought a Springfield Trapdoor today and I got some accessories with it and I have no idea what they are. I am attaching pictures in case someone might know what they are used for.
I bought a Springfield Trapdoor today and I got some accessories with it and I have no idea what they are. I am attaching pictures in case someone might know what they are used for.
A GUN THAT'S COCKED AND UNLOADED AIN'T GOOD FOR NUTHIN'........... ROOSTER COGBURN
Other than the rod, they look like Mosin-Nagant tools.
I agree with Cloudy on the MN tools. I have a set that came with my Polish MN carbine.
Trapdoor combo tools are quite different and depending on the year of issue, vary to some extent. The main tool was a hammer spring container for lock disassembly that also had a screw driver blade and a punch. In the 1888 Ramrod Bayonet model, the bayonet/cleaning rod was threaded at the back end and a "button" screwed on for a cleaning jag. It also came with a reverse rifled plug for cleaning the bore or removing leading or stuck bullets. In the 1888 rifle and I one of the later carbine models, the combo tools were stored in the butstock of the the rifle under a swiveling butplate latch. For all the previous models, they were carried loose by the soldiers.
Last edited by Scharfschuetze; 08-14-2017 at 09:49 PM.
Keep your powder dry,
Scharf
Pics of TD tools here http://trapdoorcollector.com/parts.html
Thanks guys.
A GUN THAT'S COCKED AND UNLOADED AIN'T GOOD FOR NUTHIN'........... ROOSTER COGBURN
BP | Bronze Point | IMR | Improved Military Rifle | PTD | Pointed |
BR | Bench Rest | M | Magnum | RN | Round Nose |
BT | Boat Tail | PL | Power-Lokt | SP | Soft Point |
C | Compressed Charge | PR | Primer | SPCL | Soft Point "Core-Lokt" |
HP | Hollow Point | PSPCL | Pointed Soft Point "Core Lokt" | C.O.L. | Cartridge Overall Length |
PSP | Pointed Soft Point | Spz | Spitzer Point | SBT | Spitzer Boat Tail |
LRN | Lead Round Nose | LWC | Lead Wad Cutter | LSWC | Lead Semi Wad Cutter |
GC | Gas Check |